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Updated 16 Jul 2022

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I applied via Monster

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

In a group of 8 people. They gave us topic on Online & Offline Education. I just say be speak boldly

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Tricky but easy. Coding remains the same as we have done many times.

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. List, Tuples, Dictionary, Set, Binary search, LinkedList..
  • Q2. I prefer you to do Edureka’s top 100 python interview Q&A then it will be easy to crack interview

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA medium level questions were asked.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design MakeMyTrip kind of application.
  • Ans. 

    MakeMyTrip is a travel booking application that allows users to book flights, hotels, and holiday packages.

    • Include features like flight/hotel search, booking, payment gateway integration, and user profiles.

    • Implement filters for search results, reviews/ratings for hotels, and notifications for booking updates.

    • Integrate maps for location tracking, weather forecasts, and customer support chatbot.

    • Offer discounts, loyalty p...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Oops based questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well for LLD.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview in Feb 2022.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Consisted of 3 DSA questions and MCQ on python proficiency

  • Q1. 

    Palindromic Substrings Problem Statement

    Given a string S, your task is to return all distinct palindromic substrings of the given string in alphabetical order.

    Explanation:

    A string is considered a pal...

  • Ans. 

    Return all distinct palindromic substrings of a given string in alphabetical order.

    • Iterate through all possible substrings of the given string.

    • Check if each substring is a palindrome by comparing it with its reverse.

    • Store all palindromic substrings in a set to ensure uniqueness.

    • Return the sorted list of palindromic substrings.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was a pure DSA round and interviewer was very helpful with providing significant hints to solve the given problems

  • Q1. 

    Island Perimeter Calculation Problem

    Given a binary grid representation of a map of an island, calculate the perimeter of the island. The grid uses '0' for water and '1' for land.

    The grid has only one i...

  • Ans. 

    Calculate the perimeter of an island represented by a binary grid.

    • Iterate through the grid and count the perimeter based on land cells and their adjacent cells.

    • Each land cell contributes 4 units to the perimeter, subtract 2 units for each adjacent land cell.

    • Handle edge cases where land cells are at the boundaries of the grid.

    • Return the total perimeter for each test case.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

DSA+OS

  • Q1. 

    Clearing the Forest Problem Statement

    Ninja lives in a city called Byteland where a festive event is being organized. To make space for this event, Ninja is tasked with clearing a nearby forest. The fores...

  • Ans. 

    Calculate the minimum number of steps Ninja needs to cut down all trees in a forest grid.

    • Iterate through the grid to find the shortest path to cut down all trees in order.

    • Use a priority queue to keep track of the shortest trees to cut next.

    • If it's impossible to cut all trees, return -1.

    • Consider all four cardinal directions for movement in the grid.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - 1 in GurgaonEligibility criteriaPython ProficiencyTower Research Capital interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, Algorithms , OOPS , DBMS , OSTime required to prepare for the interview - 2 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice at least 250 questions
Tip 2 : Do at least two projects
 

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Should be covered in One page
Tip 2 : Project description should be professional

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview in Jun 2022.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 70 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

The test link was active for a week, and you can give anytime you like. The IDE was very good and self explanatory. There were 2 coding questions and 15 aptitude questions.

  • Q1. 

    Unweighted Graph Shortest Path Problem

    You are tasked with finding the shortest path between two houses in the city of Ninjaland, represented as an unweighted graph. The city has N houses numbered from 1 ...

  • Ans. 

    Find the shortest path between two houses in a city represented as an unweighted graph.

    • Use breadth-first search (BFS) algorithm to find the shortest path in an unweighted graph.

    • Start BFS from the source house and keep track of the path taken to reach each house.

    • Once the destination house is reached, backtrack from destination to source to find the shortest path.

    • Consider using a queue data structure to implement BFS eff...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Check If Two Nodes Are Cousins

    You are given an arbitrary binary tree consisting of N nodes, where each node is associated with a certain value, and two node values, a and b. Your task is to determine if ...

  • Ans. 

    Check if two nodes in a binary tree are cousins by comparing their levels and parents.

    • Traverse the tree to find the levels and parents of the given nodes.

    • Compare the levels and parents of the two nodes to determine if they are cousins.

    • If the levels are the same and the parents are different, the nodes are cousins.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It contained two programming questions.

  • Q1. 

    Counting Nodes in a Complete Binary Tree - Problem Statement

    Given the root of a complete binary tree, calculate the total number of nodes in this tree.

    A complete binary tree is defined as a binary tree...

  • Ans. 

    Count the total number of nodes in a complete binary tree given its root.

    • Traverse the tree in level order and count the nodes

    • Use a queue to keep track of nodes at each level

    • Check for null nodes represented by -1 in the input

    • The total number of nodes in the example tree is 7

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Rearrange Array Numbers for Largest Possible Number

    Given an array ARR consisting of non-negative integers, rearrange the numbers to form the largest possible numerical value. You are not permitted to alt...

  • Ans. 

    Rearrange array numbers to form the largest possible numerical value by combining digits of each number in the array.

    • Convert integers in the array to strings for easier manipulation.

    • Sort the array of strings in non-increasing order based on custom comparison function.

    • Join the sorted strings to form the largest possible number.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was more of a interaction round with some technical skills.

  • Q1. Can you explain the ACID properties and the rollback mechanism in DBMS?
  • Ans. 

    ACID properties ensure database transactions are processed reliably. Rollback mechanism undoes changes if transaction fails.

    • ACID properties: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability

    • Atomicity ensures all operations in a transaction are completed successfully or none at all

    • Consistency ensures database remains in a valid state before and after transaction

    • Isolation ensures transactions are independent and do not inter...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteria8 CGPATower Research Capital interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - DSA and Algorithms, OOPS, Database, OS, NetworksTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Focus on different varieties of problems, quality of problems matter greater than the quantity.
Tip 2 : Focus on design thinking, that will help in rounds other than problem solving.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Focus on demonstrating your academic excellence and course projects
Tip 2 : Mention internship details with clarity

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I appeared for an interview in Dec 2020.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

This was the qualification round which comprised of several MCQs and 3 coding questions.
It was held on Hackerearth from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Use of any other IDE was prohibited.

  • Q1. Given a problem statement and a piece of code, how would you find and correct the bug in the code?
  • Ans. 

    To find and correct a bug in code, analyze problem statement, review code, use debugging tools, and test different scenarios.

    • Understand the problem statement and expected output.

    • Review the code for syntax errors, logical errors, and potential bugs.

    • Use debugging tools like breakpoints, print statements, and IDE debuggers.

    • Test the code with different inputs to identify the bug.

    • Make necessary corrections based on the iden...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    Print Nodes at Distance K from a Given Node

    Given an arbitrary binary tree, a node of the tree, and an integer 'K', find all nodes that are at a distance K from the specified node, and return a list of th...

  • Ans. 

    Given a binary tree, a target node, and an integer K, find all nodes at distance K from the target node.

    • Traverse the binary tree to find the target node.

    • Use BFS to traverse the tree from the target node to nodes at distance K.

    • Keep track of the distance while traversing the tree.

    • Return the values of nodes at distance K in any order.

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

I was shared a link of Google Meet and the Google Docs was shared where there was 1 coding problem to be coded there and then the code was run on an IDE to check the sample tests.
Then the interview was followed by a lot of Operating System and Computer System Architecture Questions.
There were 2 Interviewers and both were helpful.
The timing was from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Q1. 

    Subarray Challenge: Largest Equal 0s and 1s

    Determine the length of the largest subarray within a given array of 0s and 1s, such that the subarray contains an equal number of 0s and 1s.

    Input:

    Input beg...

  • Ans. 

    Find the length of the largest subarray with equal number of 0s and 1s in a given array.

    • Iterate through the array and maintain a count of 0s and 1s encountered so far.

    • Store the count difference in a hashmap with the index as the key.

    • If the same count difference is encountered again, the subarray between the two indices has equal 0s and 1s.

    • Return the length of the longest subarray found.

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 45 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The round was held on Google Meet with HR from 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM.
The HR was friendly and asked the basic questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Eligibility criteriaNeeded Work Experience in a leading Tech CompanyTower Research Capital interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Dynamic Programming, Data Structures - Sets, HashMap, Priority Queue, SQL, OOPS, Operating System, AlgorithmsTime required to prepare for the interview - 4 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice daily 4-5 medium level problems on sites like Leetcode, CodeZen, Hackerearth
Tip 2 : Even though Data Structures and Algorithms is the base but study Course Subjects like DBMS,OS,OOPS too.
Tip 3 : Try to Participate in Contests on LeetCode,Codeforces.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention the projects you worked on in your past work experience and how it helped your company.
Tip 2 : Keep your resume up to date in accordance with the role you are applying for
Tip 3 : Don't put false things on your resume.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Average interview process.
  • Q2. About java snd spring
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self
  • Q2. How many work experience
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is expectation for salary
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

3 coding questions

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design a Time Series Database
  • Ans. 

    A time series database stores data points with timestamps for efficient retrieval and analysis.

    • Choose a suitable data model for the database

    • Use a time-based partitioning scheme for efficient data retrieval

    • Implement compression techniques to reduce storage requirements

    • Support for querying and analyzing time-based data

    • Ensure data consistency and durability

    • Consider scalability and high availability

    • Examples: InfluxDB, Time

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Leetcode prep will help. Do system design practice thoroughly.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions based on DSA.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Easy coding problem.
  • Q2. Medium coding problem.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Feb 2024.

Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. The interview emphasized team collaboration and work ethics, with a particular focus on my overall work experience at my previous company.
  • Q2. What were your preferences regarding work locations, specifically your views on working from the office (WFO) compared to working from home (WFH)?
  • Ans. 

    I prefer a mix of both working from the office and working from home.

    • I believe in the benefits of face-to-face collaboration and communication that come with working from the office.

    • At the same time, I appreciate the flexibility and productivity that working from home offers.

    • I think a hybrid approach, where employees have the option to choose between WFO and WFH based on their tasks and preferences, is ideal.

    • I have exp...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Focus was on DS algo and scenario based coding questions
  • Q2. Design skills and OS knowledge

Instant Systems Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Instant Systems Python Developer interview?
Instant Systems interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Instant Systems interview process are Group Discussion, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.

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